[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 8/25/2011 4:37:56 PM

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
436 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE THREATENS THE AREA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...

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055-060>062-067>071-261000-
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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
436 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND... 
  NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 
  IN DELAWARE...DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW 
  CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD... 
  QUEEN ANNES AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC 
  COASTAL CAPE MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC... 
  COASTAL OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER... 
  HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN 
  BURLINGTON...OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN 
  BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN 
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE... 
  LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* HEAVY AND POSSIBLY RECORD SETTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE
  SATURDAY TO SUNDAY TIME FRAME MAY RESULT IN MAJOR FLOODING
  ACROSS NEW JERSEY...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE AND THE
  MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. 

* SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID FLOODING.
  THE RARITAN AND SCHUYLKILL RIVERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACT
  RATHER QUICKLY AND ALSO ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. THE
  DELAWARE...SUSQUEHANNA...RANCOCAS AND PASSAIC RIVERS REACT MORE
  SLOWLY...BUT THEY ALSO ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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